In Monsters University, we saw how Mike and Sulley ace in Scare School where they teach monsters how to be the scariest, creepiest, most horrifying creatures in the human world. Guess what! Scare School exists! And I am one the lucky ones who sat among the ghosts of Nights of Fright 3 at Sunway Lagoon.
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Looks friendly and all at first...wait till you scroll down |
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Sunway Lagoon Nights of Fright 3 7.30pm onwards every Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the month of October |
To those of you who
think that being a “scarer” is like taking candy from a baby, then you have
underestimated the whole art of feardom. Sunway Lagoon has taken the fright
game to a very professional level. Hence, the Scare School. Dominic McChesney,
director of live attractions worldwide, is a theatrical who coaches actors in
the Nights of Fright 3.
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Wait for the Festival of Fear in October |
The energetic
instructor invested a fair bit of time to instill confidence in the actors to
substantiate their belief that they are indeed able to scare. Then he moved on
to teach methods like using words and intonation. Haunted house actors should
be mentally and physically ready to scare at the same energy level throughout
the opening hours of the theme park.
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Dominic McChesney coaching the actors |
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Lots of technicality involved in being a zombie |
Short actors are not necessarily less scary
than the taller ones. In fact, they can be a whole lot creepier having a midget
running around at waist level. Actors are trained not to touch participants to
avoid accusations of physical harassment. By the way, if the actors are good
enough, a good scare does not need to involve any touching.
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Actors are trained and they scare professionally |
We were then exposed to the make-up for the
dead. Latex and tissue are pivotal ingredients to create rotten flesh and torn
skin. With some red paint, no one can tell that the torn flesh and Dracula bites
are fake…from 3m away. Contact lenses can do a brilliant job transforming anyone
into a walking dead. It is amazing how the colours of what women call sexy
smoky eyes are key colours to a ghoulish look. A little white powder and purple
lipstick made 8TV Quickie host Brandon Ho a pretty good looking zombie. So be
on the watch out for Brandon in Sunway Lagoon! Being a fainthearted soul, I was
taken aback when one of the made-up actors reared its ugly head at me. I
mustered courage to take a photo for article sake. Geez…such a wimp! If I come
out alive from the haunted maze on the premier of Nights of Fright 3, Sunway
Lagoon owes me a BIG meal!
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Dracula bite |
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Princess with rotten flesh |
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His wound gave me shivers down my spine |
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Red paint for blood |
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This clown made me jump! I finally got the photo |
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Brandon Ho being made up |
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Brandon Ho's final look |
Sunway Lagoon is also searching for talents
to be actors for the Festival of Fear. Kindly contact the below number if you
think you are a potential ghost or zombie.
Nights of Fright 3 is a Halloween festival by
Sunway Lagoon every Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 2nd to 31st October 2015 at 7.30pm-11.30pm. Tickets are priced at RM58 per pax. This event
is strictly for 12 years old and above. New mazes and scare zones include Death
Port, Escape from Pudu 2, Kevil Hill, Sadako Dori and Toxic. Zombies, ghosts
and spirits will be roaming around the whole theme park. Get ready for the
scariest place unearthed this October! Dress your spookiest to suit the mood. (Perhaps
you will scare a ghost or two) I will be there for the premier and let’s see
how I survive! Read about my experience on the real day here.
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Aaaaaaahhhh!! |
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Beware! |
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